The Scott County HHW accepts household appliances for a fee of $10 each from residents of Scott, Carver, Dakota and LeSeuer Counties. However, additional fees apply for commercial appliances, as well as ammonia (gas) appliances.

Examples of accepted household appliances

Refrigerators

DE-humidifiers (Regular Humidifiers are considered a garbage item and are not accepted at the HHW)

The Scott County HHW does not accept cardboard. However, there are several options to get rid of larger quantities of cardboard at little to no cost. Some disposal options for cardboard are listed below:

The ballasts inside fluorescent bulb fixtures can also be a hazardous waste. We accept the fluorescent bulbs, the ballasts as well as the fixture for scrap metal.

However, we would prefer the ballast (which is a small black box inside the fluorescent light fixture) was removed from the fixture before arriving at the HHW. This saves us valuable staff time having to remove the ballasts from each of the light fixtures.

Metal storm doors are generally lined with wood, and therefore cannot be accepted as scrap metal. The wood, combined with the glass on most doors makes them a solid waste item, and not a candidate for metal recycling

Scott County HHW does not accept household garbage or comingled recycling. This can be picked up at the curb at your residence. If you have large amounts of recycling, it can be brought to one of the following locations: